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I pose this question to people when articles like this come up. If you were wealthy, would you do something like this? In this case, if you were wealthy, would
by someonehere 7y ago
I pose this question to people when articles like this come up.
If you were wealthy, would you do something like this? In this case, if you were wealthy, would you pay to have extra protection for your home by hiring private firefighters? Almost willing to bet their answer would always be yes.
- lonelappde 7y agoI'm wealthy and I spend my money on charitable giving instead of building and defending an ostentatious mansion. When the revolution comes I hope that means my back won't be up against the wall, and my house won't be torched by revolutionary warriors.
- Fnoord 7y agoYeah, I could draw this same analogy about gun control or anything else. That's a very narrow action-reaction paradigm though. I'd argue the outcome is because we don't directly see the effect of the poor who lose their home (and if we do see poor people "it was probably their own fault"). If you could observe the outcome directly (which would require one to dive into the specific subject), I'd wager you'd have either compassion, or you'd be among the exceptional 1% of psychopaths in the world. By keeping it abstract and non-personal, we are able to cope with such tragedy.